Certifications

ISO 14001

Company rating on whether its facilities have been certified under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001. Certification means the company meets ISO environmental management standards, which require a commitment to minimizing environmental impact and improving environmental performance. To learn more visit www.iso.org. Rating is relative to other companies in the same industry.

rBGH-free Guide

Indicates whether a company has stated that it does not use recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) on its cattle. Compiled from survey results and web research by Food & Water Watch (www.foodandwaterwatch.org).

True Food Network's non-GMO Shopping Guide

Indicates whether a company has stated that its food products do not contain genetically-modified organisms (GMO). Compiled from survey results by The True Food Network, a project of the Center for Food Safety (www.truefoodnow.org). Note that U.S. food manufacturers are not required to label products as GMO-free.

Certified Organic Processes

The Cornucopia Institute is a non-profit organization engaged in educational activities to support the ecological principles and economic wisdom underlying sustainable and organic agriculture. Through research and investigations on agricultural issues, The Cornucopia Institute provides information to consumers, family farmers, and the media. The Organic Dairy Report and Scorecard is a national survey of organic dairy products, which differentiates ethical family farm producers from factory farm producers and brands that threaten to take over organic dairying. With this rating tool, you can see which brands and dairy products are produced using the best organic farming practices and ethics. Based on a year's research into the organic dairy business, the scorecard rates 68 different organic dairy brands and private-label products.

Certified Organic Farms

The Cornucopia Institute is a non-profit organization engaged in educational activities to support the ecological principles and economic wisdom underlying sustainable and organic agriculture. Through research and investigations on agricultural issues, The Cornucopia Institute provides information to consumers, family farmers, and the media. The Organic Dairy Report and Scorecard is a national survey of organic dairy products, which differentiates ethical family farm producers from factory farm producers and brands that threaten to take over organic dairying. With this rating tool, you can see which brands and dairy products are produced using the best organic farming practices and ethics. Based on a year's research into the organic dairy business, the scorecard rates 68 different organic dairy brands and private-label products.

Certified USDA Organic

Indicates that this product is produced using organic methods or made with organic ingredients. Organic farming systems rely on ecologically based practices such as cultural and biological pest management, exclusion of all synthetic chemicals, antibiotics, and hormones in crop and livestock production. Certification is conducted by entities that have been approved by the US Department of Agriculture, using national standards that define organic production.

Ethisphere Most Ethical Companies

The World’s Most Ethical Companies designation recognizes companies that truly go beyond making statements about doing business “ethically” and translate those words into action. WME honorees demonstrate real and sustained ethical leadership within their industries, putting into real business practice the Institute’s credo of “Good. Smart. Business. Profit.” Learn more at: ethisphere.com

GRI Sustainability Reporting

GRI’s Framework is the most widely used sustainability reporting guidance in the world. The Reports List is vital in capturing and publicizing the evolution and growth of sustainability reporting – benefiting the featured organizations, and sustainability reporters everywhere. Find out more at: https://www.globalreporting.org

Climate Counts: Soaring

According to Climate Counts, this company is soaring in the race to address climate change.

Climate Counts is a non-profit campaign that scores companies annually on the basis of their voluntary action to reverse climate change. The Climate Counts Company Scorecard helps people vote with their dollars by making climate-conscious purchasing and investing choices that put pressure on the world’s most well-known companies to take the issue of climate change seriously.

Launched by organics pioneer Stonyfield Farm, Climate Counts believes everyday consumers can be the most important activists in the fight against global warming. Climate Counts has currently evaluated 140 companies—representing over 3000 different brands—in sixteen major consumer sectors with plans to expand the number of companies.

Climate Counts use a 0-to-100 point scale and 22 criteria to determine if companies have:

Stonyfield Yobaby Original Simply Plain

7.1

Health

This product has a high nutrition score.

8.7

Product Management

Product Management

This component of GoodGuide’s rating system evaluates whether a company or its products are managed for sustainability. Third-party certifications that verify the health or environmental performance of a company or product increase scores.

Rating: 10 out of 10

10

Certifications

10

rBGH-free Guide

True Food Network's non-GMO Shopping Guide

Certified USDA Organic

Human Health Impacts

Human Health Impacts

This component of GoodGuide’s rating system evaluates the potential impacts of a product on human health. It incorporates a screening-level hazard assessment or nutritional evaluation, as well as other relevant indicators, like the regulatory status of ingredients. If ingredients pose potential health risks or have limited nutritional value, a product's score is lowered. If a product lacks the data needed to conduct a health evaluation, its score is also lowered to provide an incentive for manufacturers to disclose better information.

Rating: 8.0 out of 10

8.0

Ingredient Quality

8.0

Added Starch

Added Starch

Indicates whether this product contains starch fillers.

GoodGuide Baby and Toddler Food, Baby Food Attribute Scores

Rating: 10 out of 10

10

Added Salt

Added Salt

Indicates whether this product contains added salt.

GoodGuide Baby and Toddler Food, Baby Food Attribute Scores

Rating: 10 out of 10

10

Added Sweetener

Added Sweetener

Indicates whether this product contains an added sweetener.

GoodGuide Baby and Toddler Food, Baby Food Attribute Scores

Rating: 10 out of 10

10

Number of Ingredients

Number of Ingredients

Indicates whether this baby food contains over six ingredients.

Rating: 2.0 out of 10

2.0

Environment

This company's environmental policies, practices and performance place it among the best 25% of companies rated by GoodGuide.

Summary evaluation of a company's performance relating to communities, considering its management policies and practices; community relationships; stakeholder engagement activities; and public policy positions.

Rating: 5.7 out of 10

5.7

Management

Management

Evaluation of a company's social management, considering how it is governed and whether it exhibits any leading edge practices or is involved in any controversies or compliance issues.